Thora Birch
Also Known As: Θώρα Μπερτς, تورا برچ, تورا بیرچ
Biography: Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress. She was a child actor in the 1990s, starring in movies such as All I Want for Christmas (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Now and Then (1995), and Alaska (1996). She came to prominence in 1999 after earning worldwide attention and praise for her performance in American Beauty. She then starred in the well received film Ghost World (2001), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thora Birch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birthday: March 11, 1982
Age: 43 years old
Gender: Female
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American Beauty
Overview: Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-15
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The Hole
Overview: Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-20
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Ghost World
Overview: Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-20
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Shadow Realm
Overview: Shadow Realm is a compilation of two episodes planned for the short-lived Fox Network television series Night Visions. Each episode contained two stories and were originally hosted by musician/actor/writer Henry Rollins. The Sci-Fi Channel acquired the rights to broadcast the episodes, including the last three unaired episodes and strung two of them together as an anthology movie. Title sequences and end credits were changed and the Henry Rollins introductions were removed from the final product.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-27
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Hocus Pocus
Overview: After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-16
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Winter of Frozen Dreams
Overview: Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling has to do is prove it.
Genres: Crime Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-01
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Dark Corners
Overview: A troubled young woman wakes up one day as a different person - someone who is stalked by creatures.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-10
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Train
Overview: After a night of wild partying and missing their train, the group of students is invited to board another which happens to be heading their way. Once on board, members of the team begin to go missing, and their would-be saviors claim to have no idea what could have happened to them... When they discover the truth, it is too late to escape and they must fight for their lives against their captors to put an end to their ride to hell.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-16
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Capitalism: A Love Story
Overview: Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).
Genres: Documentary Crime History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-06
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Dungeons & Dragons
Overview: The Empire of Izmer is a divided land: elite magicians called “mages” rule while lowly commoners are powerless. When Empress Savina vows to bring equality and prosperity to her land, the evil mage Profion plots to depose her.
Genres: Drama Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-08
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Deadline
Overview: A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-05
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The Smokers
Overview: Three rebellious teenage girls decide to even the score in the battle of the sexes.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-05
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Now and Then
Overview: Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-20
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Clear and Present Danger
Overview: Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-03
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Slingshot
Overview: Two cunning and manipulative drifters venture into Farifield County, Connecticut looking to seduce wealthy and lonely housewives.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-10
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Patriot Games
Overview: When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-04
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All I Want for Christmas
Overview: Siblings Ethan and Hallie O'Fallon plot to get their divorced parents back together in time for Christmas.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-08
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Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil
Overview: Richard Martinez is lured back into a decades-old feud with his mother, who owns a homophobic fast-food chain restaurant, and he decides to go under-cover as Bianca Del Rio to put her out of business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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Monkey Trouble
Overview: Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little girl whose mother has no idea that her daughter is harboring a fugitive.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-18
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Alaska
Overview: Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the mountains. Annoyed that the authorities aren't doing enough, Jessie and Sean set out on an adventure to find their father with the help of a polar bear which they have saved from a ferocious poacher. Conflict ensues.
Genres: Family Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-14
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Silver City
Overview: The discovery of a corpse and the ensuing probe by an idealistic journalist threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-17
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Paradise
Overview: A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-18
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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
Overview: Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-07
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The Pregnancy Pact
Overview: Inspired by the true story of teenagers at Gloucester High School who agreed to get pregnant at the same time.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-23
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Petunia
Overview: Brothers Charlie, Adrian and Michael try to unlearn everything their psychoanalyst parents have taught them about life, as their family unit teeters on the edge of a collapse.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-28
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Dark Avenger
Overview: An acid-scarred judge turns masked avenger, backed by an electronics expert and her crime lab.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-11
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Overview: During a piano lesson, a music teacher discovers a harmless spider, so she calls in The Exterminator.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-31
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Night Ride Home
Overview: When a devastating accident tears apart the already frayed marriage of Neal and Nora Mahler, each family member must learn that their own emotions are best dealt with by relying on each other and their bonds as a family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-07
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Purple People Eater
Overview: A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-01
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The Gabby Petito Story
Overview: The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off a nationwide search for the 22-year-old travel blogger after her parents reported her missing in September 2021, when she failed to return home following her cross country “van-life” trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie. Non-stop coverage on the news drove amateur sleuths to dissect Gabby’s social media posts for clues about what happened to her during her trip, leading to the eventual discovery of her body in Wyoming.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-01
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The Chronology of Water
Overview: Growing up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, a young woman struggles to find her path. She manages to escape her family and enters university, where she finds refuge in literature. Gradually, words offer her an unexpected freedom...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-16
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Thirsty
Overview: An Oakland mayoral candidate struggles to figure out her personal and professional lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-18
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The Midway Point
Overview: Jake, a high schooler on the autistic spectrum, feels disillusioned with the world. When he meets Alice, he begins to experience the world in other ways. Little does Jake know, Alice may have more in common with him than he could imagine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-26
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The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
Overview: Produced for the "Dungeons and Dragons" Special Edition DVD. This video gives fantasy film and game fans a behind-the- scenes look at the making of the hit movie based on the classic Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. Includes interviews with star Jeremy Irons, as well as other members of the cast and crew, who share their experiences with bringing the game to the silver screen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-22
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Above Suspicion
Overview: The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it's a ticket to disaster for both of them.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-20
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My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime
Overview: A Nickelodeon television special. Jenny/XJ9 accidentally ruins everybody's day by causing massive collateral damage to the town. Shunned by everyone but her closest friends, she wanders the wreckage and stumbles onto a transporter Vexus used to escape. She is transported to Cluster Prime - a supposed robot utopia.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-12
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The Competition
Overview: A romantic comedy about a woman who thinks all people eventually cheat and a man who challenges her to a competition to prove that she's wrong.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-26
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Anywhere but Here
Overview: Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-12
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The Etruscan Smile
Overview: Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed through a newly found bond with his baby grandson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-12
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Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Overview: See inside the exclusive Playboy Mansion, with parties attended by all the A-List celebrities
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-31
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Overview: Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-07
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Affairs of State
Overview: A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate, sending him into a downward spiral of corruption and blackmail.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-15
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Art as Dialogue
Overview: Documentary on acting in the movie Ghost World (2001).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-30
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The Dot
Overview: Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can’t draw - she’s no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. "There!" she says. That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti’s journey of surprise and self-discovery. That special moment is the core of Peter H. Reynolds’s delicate fable about the creative spirit in all of us.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-01
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Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Overview: Join us for a night of celebration, packed with celebrity guests and Hocus Pocus throwbacks, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Genres: Music Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-20
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Kindred Spirits
Overview: Single mother Chloe has her life turned upside down when her younger sister, Sadie, comes home after a long, unexplained absence. Though Sadie seems to want to settle in with her sister and 17-year-old niece, it soon becomes apparent that she may have sinister intentions.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-16
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American Beauty: Look Closer...
Overview: A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-24
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In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Overview: Follow Elvira as she searches for the Sanderson Sisters, interviewing various figures who claim to have encountered or been influenced by them, including former classmates, fans, rivals, and descendants.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-30
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13 Minutes
Overview: As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just 13 minutes to seek shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving them struggling to protect their loved ones and fighting for their lives. Left to deal with the aftermath, four families must overcome their differences and find strength in each other in order to survive.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-29
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